LAGOS GOVT URGES AUDITORS TO STRENGTHEN INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
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Internal Auditors in the service of the Lagos State Government have been asked to establish effective internal controls for government activities to ensure the delivery of good governance to the populace.
The Special Adviser, Office of Internal Audit, Dr. (Mrs.) Oyeyemi Ayoola stated this while speaking at the 16th Annual Workshop for Senior Internal Auditors in the State on Tuesday.
She informed participants that the State Government has entrusted the Internal Auditors with the responsibility of enforcing control over expenditure and revenue as the gatekeepers of government processes.
Ayoola stated that internal controls should be in place to protect the state government from both financial and technological risks. She added that good governance, which is about leadership, accountability, transparency and integrity should continue to be the guiding mantra for Auditors.
She said, “As Internal Auditors you must live up to the expectation of the state government and also come up with new ways for effective and efficient service delivery in your respective Agencies to actualise the T.H.E.M.E.S Plus agenda of the present administration’’.
The Permanent Secretary of the Office, Mrs. Kikelomo Dawodu informed participants that Internal Audit is essential to achieve the goal of a #Greater Lagos, charging the auditors to ensure the limited state resources available are judiciously utilised to tackle the infrastructural deficit across the state.
She mentioned that internal control is needed for good governance and advised them to ensure due diligence in audit systems.
On his part, Acting Auditor-General of the State, Mr. Muyiwa Adetola, speaking on the topic: ‘Many Sides of Audit’, charged the auditors to focus on Performance Audit, which he said, is relatively new in the system but the best way to ensure that government funds have been spent economically for the intended purpose and to the benefit of the citizens.
The second facilitator, a retired Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Boladele Dapo-Thomas, who spoke on the topic: ‘The Exemplary Internal Auditor’, defined an Exemplary Internal Auditor as a desirable role model, armed with effective communication skills to establish processes and governance, who conducts thorough risk assessments, documents audit processes, and possesses a high level of excellence.
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